期刊
PLANT JOURNAL
卷 75, 期 3, 页码 441-455出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12214
关键词
metabolic engineering; Zea mays; carotenoids; ketocarotenoids; transcriptomic analysis; metabolic profiling; endosperm development
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Spain [BIO2007-61413, BIO2011-22525, PM2010PKB-00746 CAROMAIZE, BES-2008-003894, BFU2008-0196, BFU2010-17704]
- European Research Council Advanced Grant (BIOFORCE)
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2009SGR809]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
Carotenoids are a diverse group of tetraterpenoid pigments found in plants, fungi, bacteria and some animals. They play vital roles in plants and provide important health benefits to mammals, including humans. We previously reported the creation of a diverse population of transgenic maize plants expressing various carotenogenic gene combinations and exhibiting distinct metabolic phenotypes. Here we performed an in-depth targeted mRNA and metabolomic analysis of the pathway to characterize the specific impact of five carotenogenic transgenes and their interactions with 12 endogenous genes in four transgenic lines representing distinct genotypes and phenotypes. We reconstructed the temporal profile of the carotenoid pathway during endosperm development at the mRNA and metabolic levels (for total and individual carotenoids), and investigated the impact of transgene expression on the endogenous pathway. These studies enabled us to investigate the extent of any interactions between the introduced transgenic and native partial carotenoid pathways during maize endosperm development. Importantly, we developed a theoretical model that explains these interactions, and our results suggest genetic intervention points that may allow the maize endosperm carotenoid pathway to be engineered in a more effective and predictable manner.
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